Screw with guide wings

ABSTRACT

A screw includes a head and a shank which has a first end connected to the head and an end section is connected to a second end of the shank. A plurality of threads are connected to the shank. The end section includes a cylindrical portion and a come-shaped tip portion on which at least one wing extends and the cylindrical portion has a plane area. At least one groove is defined in the cylindrical portion and defines at least one cutting edge.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a screw having a guide wing on cone-shaped tip portion of an end section and a plurality of grooves defined in the end sections for guiding debris away from the end section.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A conventional screw 1 for quickly penetrating through hard object is disclosed in FIG. 1, and generally includes a shank 12 and a head 11 is connected to a first end of the shank 12. A plurality of threads 13 are spirally milled on the shank 12 and an end section 14 is located at a second end of the shank 12. A cone-shaped tip portion 142 is formed at the distal end of the end section 14 and a plurality of grooves 143 are defined in an outer periphery of the end section 14. The grooves 143 define cutting edges 144 in the cone-shaped tip portion 142.

Some shortcomings are found when using the convention screw and described as follows:

1. The cone-shaped tip portion 142 lacks guiding device so that the screw 1 has to be maintained to be perpendicular to the object 2 or the screw 1 could slip away so that the user has to exert a large force to penetrate the cone-shaped tip portion 142 into the object 2 at the first stage of screwing the screw 1 into the object 2.

2. After the cone-shaped tip portion 142 is merged into the object 2, the cutting edges 144 cut the fibers of the object 2 and debris quickly fills the grooves 143. The resistance from the object 2 is increased because that the grooves 143 are filled with the debris and the debris expands laterally and a huge stress is applied to the cutting edges 144. This makes the penetration to be difficult and the cutting edges 144 could be broken.

3. The accumulated debris of the object 2 might expand to crack the object 2 if the debris is not well guided away from the object 2.

4. The grooves 143 are so short that the grooves 143 provide only a limited help for penetrating the screw 1 into the object 2.

The present invention intends to provide a screw that includes guide wings on the cone-shaped tip portion to allow the screw to quickly penetrate the object and grooves are extended to the shank to improve the shortcomings of the conventional screw.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a screw which comprises shank with a head and an end section connected to two ends of the shank. A plurality of threads are connected to the shank. The end section includes a cylindrical portion and a come-shaped tip portion. At least one wing extends from an outer periphery of the cone-shaped tip portion and the cylindrical portion has a plane area. At least one groove is defined in the cylindrical portion and at least one cutting edge is defined by the at least one groove.

The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a conventional screw;

FIG. 2 shows a screw of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows an end view of the screw of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the screw of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows yet another embodiment of the screw of the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows the screw of the present invention penetrates into an object, and

FIG. 7 shows that the screw of the present invention has a smaller end section.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the screw 3 of the present invention comprises a head 31 and a shank 32 which has a first end connected to the head 31 and an end section 34 is connected to a second end of the shank 32. A plurality of threads 33 are connected to the shank 31 and ends at the end section 34.

The end section 34 has a cylindrical portion 341 and a come-shaped tip portion 342 which has a tip and the tip angle “α” is in a range between 20-60 degrees. In this embodiment, the tip angle is 35 degrees. At least one wing 343 extends from an outer periphery of the cone-shaped tip portion 342 so as to guide the cone-shaped tip portion 342 to quickly penetrate into an object. The cylindrical portion 341 has a plane area 344 and at least one groove 345 which defines at least one cutting edge 346.

An outer diameter of the end section 34 is sized between an outer diameter of the shank 32 and an outer diameter of the threads 33 so that there will be a step between the second end of the shank 32 and the end section 34. The threads 33 each include at least one notch 331 which defines two arcuate tips 332. At least one guide groove 321 is defined in an outer periphery of the shank 32 and communicates with the step between the second end of the shank 32 and the end section 34.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cone-shaped tip portion 342 easily penetrates through fibers of the object 5 by the at least one wing 343 which grasps and cuts the fibers of the object 5 at different angles. The arcuate tips 332 of each notch 331 and the at least one cutting edge 346 cut the fibers of the object 5 so that the screw 3 easily screws into the object 5. Debris of the object 5 is guided away by the at least one groove 345 and the at least one guide groove 321 so that the resistance from the object 5 to the screw 3 is less than that of the conventional screw. The at least one guide groove 321 is advantageous for removal of the debris of the object 5. The pitch between any two adjacent threads 33 can be increased when needed to increase the grasp force of the screw 3 to the object 3.

FIG. 4 shows that the notches 331 can be made to be deeper than those in FIG. 2 and each notch 31 extends till the outer surface of the shank 32.

FIG. 5 shows that the cone-shaped tip portion 342 is composed of two cone-shaped sections 347 with different slopes.

FIG. 7 shows another screw 4 which includes the same characters as the screw 3 disclosed in FIGS. 2 and 3, and has a head 41, a shank 42 having threads 43, and an end section 44. The only difference is that an outer diameter of the end section 44 is smaller than an outer diameter of the shank 42 and an outer diameter of the threads 43. The screw 4 is used to penetrate a metal object 6 and the smaller end section 44 efficiently penetrates into the hard metal object 6.

While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. 

1. A screw (3) comprising: a head (31) and a shank (32) having a first end connected to the head (31); a plurality of threads (33) connected to the shank (32); an end section (34) connected to a second end of the shank (32) and having a cylindrical portion (341) and a come-shaped tip portion (342), at least one wing (343) extending from an outer periphery of the cone-shaped tip portion (342), the cylindrical portion (341) having a plane area and at least one groove (345) which defines at least one cutting edge (346).
 2. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cone-shaped tip portion (342) is in a range between 20-60 degrees.
 3. The scooter as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of the end section (34) is sized between an outer diameter of the shank (32) and an outer diameter of the threads (33).
 4. The scooter as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of the end section (44) is smaller than an outer diameter of the shank (42) and an outer diameter of the threads (43).
 5. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the threads (33) includes at least one notch (331) which defines two arcuate tips (332).
 6. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one guide groove (321) is defined in an outer periphery of the shank (32).
 7. The screw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cone-shaped tip portion (342) is composed of two cone-shaped sections with different slopes. 